And in the morning it still looks pretty nice.
I hope it stays this way!
ZAAAANNNNNN! I finally gave him two empty rolls of duct tape and they kept him occupied for quite some time.
Zan gets away with being very very bad because he is...cute. So far he has eaten two pairs of shoes, a pair of socks and some pants.
And behold my new outfit! Zan is getting away with murder again.
I incorporated elements from my other costume as you can see. Someone at lunch made the sarcastic comment, "THAT'S a new look for you!"
Finishing up dinner... Sam Burbank is on the left, Joe & Mel (our fabulous cook) share the end of the table. Our helmet rack is behind them. I kept going for the small helmet with pink stripes on the bottom right.
Dinner time!
Tom at the other end of the table is about to give me a very eloquent tour of the greenhouse. Brian is the only one paying attention to my camera.
Addy from Hamilton Sundstrand and I are shooting eachother while Robert Stewart from the University of Calgory walks by with his camera. It's a camera frenzy!
We're all running around getting off the cuff shots. Bill Clancy and Charles Cockell are reflecting upon somethingorother.
Addy and Stan from Hamilton Sundstrand are writing up their reports about their research. Their Mars suit and other equipment is packed and ready to go on the Twin Otter. Their plane was delayed until tomorrow due to bad weather.
Pascal and Carlos (from the University of Calgary) help Mel with dishes.
Pascal scrubbing away.
Jeff Jones, M.D., from NASA Johnson Space Center is setting up for a talk he will give tonight about medical issues with humans in space.
Yes, I'm taking your picture!
I just realized that I was struggling to take pictures of GOOD weather and blue skies (which have been few and far between), so I decide to show what it's like during the majority of my stay...
Damp, windy and cold!
The greenhouse crew is blowing in the wind!
What are they doing with that trashbag? And why is Sam running?
I think I know what they're doing.... haha
Tom and Matt are doing the trashbag/wind trick. This is pretty darn funny.
Steve Braham wonders what the heck is going on.
How about that greenhouse tour?
Here we have the solar panels on the left and the ...you guessed it... wind powered generator to the right (which is going so fast now it is making some great whistling sounds). Finally, Tom is taking me to give me a greenhouse tour!
Here we have the propane tanks that fuel the heaters for the greenhouse, back-ups and all.
Temperature sensors are hanging here and there in the greenhouse. Some are at the level of the plants, and some are at other locations.
Tom explains that the computer cpu is located in the leftmost module in the metal box.
This lettuce will be all grown up and brown and shriveling by the time anyone gets back to Devon Island, but the tray next to this one is timed to be edible during next year's field season.
Tom explains the power control box, and how the batteries down below are charged.